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I J. V. HOQUE. DIRECTION INDICATOR FOR MOTOR 'DRIVEN VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILIED MAR. 3. 1919.

1,322,239. Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

2!, I I fnvezaZa/v citizen of the United States, residing at, 'Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles JAMES V. HOQUE, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

131REC'1'ION-INDICATOR rorv MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES Hooun, a

and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Direction-Indicators for Motor-Driven Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. q

My object is to make a direction indicator for motor driven vehicles, and my invention consists of the novel features-hereinshown,

' described and claimed.

; Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a motor driven vehicle provided with direction indi cators in accordance with the principles of my invention.

" Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail ofone ofthe end of the slot bayonet slot.

' direction indicators, parts being shown in. section. 20

3 is a; diagrammatic View of! the electric circu1tsused. inTthe direction-lud .ca'tors v. ,4 The pipe casing '1 is mounted behind the "instrument board 2 and preferably near its top and'rigidly connectedtothesidebars 3and 1 of the-wind shield by clips 5 and 6.

The indicators 7 and 8 extend'from the ends and in Fig. 2 I have sho'wn the detailsbf the A hollow supporting arm '12 13 fixed upon its inner end, and the 'sleeve sleeve.

13 slides in the opening 14 'in-the casing 1.

A coil spring 15 is placed upon {the supporting arm 12 and attached .to the. supporting arm'at its inner end by a 'pin'16. "A sleeve 17 is fixed in the extreme outer endofthef casing 1, and the fixed end 18 of the spring is rigidly attached to this sleeve, and the supporting arm 12 slides-freely through the through the bayonet slot and screwed into the supporting arm 12.- An electric conductor 21 is inserted through the supporting arm 12 and upwardly through the stem 20 a and connected tothe contact 22. The lam casing 23 is'fixed upon the outer end of the supporting arm 12., A lamp 24is mounted in the casing and the conductor 21 is con- Application filed March 3, 1919. Serial N 0. 280,413.

has a'slee've A handle 19 has'a stem20 inserted In adirection nected to the lamp 24 and the lamp is,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 18, 1919 ground. An indicator disk 25 is connected I to the casing 23 the face preferably painted red.

When the handle 19'is operated to bring the stem 20 into, the notch 11 the disk 25 is horizontal and the indicator is out of use. When the operator kicks the handle 19 up of said disk being -wardly the tension of the. spring 15 will throw the stem 20 outwardly in the slot 9 "and rotate the supporting arm 12 until thestem 20 moves-into the notch 10 thereby throwing .the signal disk 25 to 'a Vertical position and extending the disk outwardly from the side of the automobile' The battery 26"has a ground 27 and the outer end o f'thei'battery is connected by a conductor 28 to the binding post 29, and th'e'binding, post v29 is connected to the casing 1 by a bracket 30 and. has a contact member 31 in position to be engaged by the contact meme -ber 22,. so thatwhen the disk 25 is moved outwardly and turned'toa vertical p ition, the circuit is closed through the contact members22 and 31 to'illummate thelamp, and so that when the handle '19is operated v H its normal posito returnthe indicator to tion-the circuit is broken.- v

The clip" 5 has a bearing niember 32 formed by bending a piece of strap iron around the casing and n cting theien s" together by a screw so as to clamp the "'nd of the casing 1, and a twisted arm 34 clamp nie mbers 35 and 36 are adapted to. ;.er 1-gage the side bar 3 of the windshield, and .said clamping members are connected together'by screws 37, and the arm 34) '1s 9 5 extends upwardly from the bearing .32. The

rigidly connected to the clamping'members 35 and-36. I ,The clip 6 is identicalwiththe' clip 5,-and. the clips 5 and 6 serve to rig dly" connect the casing 1 to the automobile. The indicator 8 is identical with the 1ndicator 7 and the two indicators are inde endent of each other, so that one extends to t and the other to the left;

Mi y? -The casing 23 and indicator disk 25am arranged so that when the lamps'a're burning and the disk is in vertical position the front.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed,

I claim:

indicator for itr ehicles, .in

.lamps will be visible from the b k v d combination, a casing mounted horizontally on the instrument board and transversely of the vehicle having a longitudinal slot at the ends of which are notches cut in opposite directions transversely of the longitudinal slot, a supporting arm slidably mounted in the casing, an indicator mounted upon the outer end of the .arm designed to indicate when positioned with the arm projecting outwardly and not to indicate when the arm is positioned. inwardly and turned one- :tourt'h of the revolution, a handle to operate the arm positively fixed thereto and extending outwardly through the slot adapted to be positioned at the will of the operator in one of the transverse notches whereby the indicator may be positioned inwardly and.

turned horizontally so as not to indicate or in'the other transverse notch whereby the indicator may be projected outwardly and turned vertically so that it will indicate, a spring within the casing oneend of which is fixed to the casing and the other end fixed to the supporting arm, the normal position of the spring being when the supporting arm is'positioned with the operating handle midway of the longitudinal slot whereby when the handle is positioned in a transverse notch the spring is compressed to hold the handle in'the notch and an indicator upon the outer 7 end of the arm. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specification.

.J. V. HOQUE. 

